Tier 2 Network Administrator

About the role

We are seeking a Tier 2 Network Administrator to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network. This role ensures 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position requires technical expertise to support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility, facilitating operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintain the operational integrity of a mission-critical network. Location: Suffolk, Virginia (Onsite).

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to identify, triage, and address outages.
• Utilize monitoring tools to oversee network infrastructure, performance, and availability of managed services.
• Perform day-to-day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, and software/hardware updates.
• Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations.
• Operate and maintain privileged access solutions.
• Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
• Keep firmware, software updates, and patches up to date for equipment.
• Support the design, analysis, planning, modification, and maintenance of network components.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. Additional experience can be considered in lieu of a degree. Experience: Two years of relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure.

Skills

• Layer 2 Switching
• Routing & Switching (OSPF, BGP)
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• VPN / Tunnel Configuration (IPSEC tunnels)
• Experience with Arista or Cisco equipment (preferred)
• Experience with SD-WAN (preferred)
• Working knowledge of VLANs and VRFs (preferred)
• Familiarity with Spine-Leaf Architecture (preferred)
• Experience with network visibility tools such as Gigamon or NetScout (preferred)
• Knowledge of Cisco ISE (preferred)
• Experience with Arista CloudVision (preferred)

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Schedule

This position requires the ability to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment, which may include weekends and holidays as needed.